Definition of Herd

2.n. A number of beasts assembled together; as, a herd of horses, oxen, cattle, camels, elephants, deer, or swine; a particular stock or family of cattle.

3.n. One who herds or assembles domestic animals; a herdsman; -- much used in composition; as, a shepherd; a goatherd, and the like.

4.v. i. To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company; as, sheep herd on many hills.

5.v. t. To form or put into a herd.

Definition of Herd

1. Noun. A number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper. (defdate from 11th c.) ¹

2. Noun. Any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company. (defdate from 13th c.) ¹

3. Noun. A crowd, a mass of people; now usually pejorative: a rabble. (defdate from 15th c.) ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive) To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company. ¹

5. Verb. (intransitive) To associate; to ally one's self with, or place one's self among, a group or company. ¹

6. Noun. (rare) Someone who keeps a group of domestic animals; a herdsman. ¹

7. Verb. (intransitive Scotland) To act as a herdsman or a shepherd. ¹

8. Verb. (transitive) To form or put into a herd. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Herd

1. to bring together in a herd (a group of animals) [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Herd

1.
1. A number of beasts assembled together; as, a herd of horses, oxen, cattle, camels, elephants, deer, or swine; a particular stock or family of cattle. "The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea." (Gray)
Herd is distinguished from flock, as being chiefly applied to the larger animals. A number of cattle, when driven to market, is called a drove.
2. A crowd of low people; a rabble. "But far more numerous was the herd of such who think too little and who talk too much." (Dryden) "You can never interest the common herd in the abstract question.
" (Coleridge) Herd's grass, one of several species of grass, highly esteemed for hay. See Grass.
Origin: OE. Herd, heord, AS. Heord; akin to OHG. Herta,G. Herde, Icel. Hjor, Sw. Hjord, Dan. Hiord, Goth. Hairda; cf. Skr. Cardha troop, host.
Source: Websters Dictionary
(01 Mar 1998)

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